A Minnesota Transportation Museum excursion departs the roundhouse with a CB&Q caboose, looking old school except for the ditch lights.

Diesel locomotive set 5405D-C-B-A is awaiting a new crew at Missoula, Montana on July 29, 1955. The Northern Pacific unlike most other roads, kept the drawbar coupling between their FT cab an... (more)

Northern Pacific train number 407 is seen departing Portland Oregon on July 29th 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

Photo says NP wreck near Ellensburg, Spring 61. Google image source indicates this is near Thorp, WA, but I'm unable to find a record of this incident online. Trying to find out more about this ... (more)

The Northern Pacific Railway continued to use FT's long after other railroads had traded theirs for 2nd-generation diesel locomotives. The Tacoma Division was the home of the remaining FTs in t... (more)

A crew member enjoys some fresh air from the window on NP F-9A Extra 7004A West. The tonnage freight makes its way upgrade near milepost 121, about five miles west of Livingston, on June 5, 19... (more)

Northern Pacific Railway FTA 5401A, built by Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC) in March 1944 as NP 6001A, was photographed in Sumas WA along with an FTB, a GP7 and another A-B set of FTs. Sumas is... (more)

NP SD45 3617 sits on display at St. Paul Union Depot.

Two car Northern Pacific train number 264 is seen on the curved trestle at Dorsey Idaho in 1931. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Amazing things happen along the shores of Lake Superior. In fact, if you do a Wiki-search for this loco, you will find a photo from this charter representing the entry.

Northern Pacific 3617 makes its first appearance at Union Depot Train Days in St. Paul. This is its first public outing since the Lake Superior Railroad Museum completed its operational restoratio... (more)

An abandoned Northern Pacific boxcar slowly succumbs to nature.

How often do you see something like this? Four wooden stock cars of Northern Pacific and CB&Q heritage form an interesting display at "1880 Town," a roadside attraction near Murdo, Sout... (more)